Washington Court House, Ohio Tornado
July
8, 1915
CENTRAL OHIO DAMAGED
Washington Court House is Hard Hit by Cyclone
Wind
COLUMBUS, O., July 8.-- Central Ohio was
swept by torrential rains and high
winds last night and early today. Great damage
was done to property but so far
as known no loss of life occured in this
section.
Washington Court House was hardest hit by the
storm. The streets there were a
mass of wreckage. More than a score of buildings
were badly damaged. A hotel,
a large ice plant and a chair factory were among
those blown down.
The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN 9
Jul 1915
WASHINGTON C. H.
Swept by Tornado-- Buildings Unroofed----
Electric Lights Out
--- Crops Damaged
(ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAM)
Washington C.H., O., July 8.--- A
tornado swept this city at 10:45 last night. No
lives were lost, but the streets this morning
were strewn with debris. Among the
larger buildings entirely or partly unroofed
were the chair factory, the Cherry hotel,
the dale and Williams
blocks and the ice factory. Several residences
were blown
down in the East End, hundreds of shade and
fruit trees were destroyed and much
damage of a minor nature was done everywhere.
The tornado insurance companies
were hard hit.
It was on the farms east and west of the city
that the greatest financial loss was
sustained. Thousands of acres of corn, oats and
wheat look this morning as if they
had been run over by a steam roller. A large
number of barns, silos and other
Buildings were blown down or unroofed and miles
of fencing and hundreds of big
forest trees are lying flat this morning.
In this city, all electric lighting and
telephone and telegraph wires were put out of
commission and all late trains were held up
until this morning.
The Newark Advocate, Newark, OH 8 Jul 1915
Articles transcribed by
Nan
of Harry. Thanks Nan!
Search for more information on the Washington
Court House tornado and other disasters in the Historical Newspapers on line at genealogybank.com.
Search over 1300 different newspapers.
Search
for your ancestors from Washington Court House, OH among the billions of
names at ancestry.com Find birth records, census images, immigration
lists and genealogy other databases for your
surnames. Use
this Free Trial
 to search for your ancestors.
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
Searchable database at ancestry.com.
Use this Free Trial
to search for your ancestors.
| 
